New Mexico's Moses: Reies López Tijerina and the Religious Origins of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

by Ramón A. Gutiérrez

• ISBN13: 9780826365637
• ISBN10: 0826365639
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2023-11-15
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
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Summary

In New Mexico's Moses, Ramón A. Gutiérrez dives deeply into Reies López Tijerina's religious formation during the 1940s and 1950s, illustrating how his Pentecostal foundation remained an integral part of his psyche even as he migrated toward social-movement politics.

Author Biography

Ramón A. Gutiérrez is the Preston and Sterling Morton Distinguished Service Professor of History emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many publications including When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away: Marriage, Sexuality, and Power in New Mexico, 1500-1846 and the coeditor, with Kathleen Belew, of A Field Guide to White Supremacy.